To repair an ordinary wire gauze blind, fix the frame on a clean, flat bench; lay the gauze on, and secure it along the bottom with 1/4-in. blue tacks. The tension is obtained by compressing the stiles slightly together and tacking towards the angle of the rebate, beginning at the middle of each stile and top rail and finishing at the corners. Bell staples are sometimes used to obtain more tension, but straining too tightly makes the stiles crooked. For a brass tubular top rail, the gauze must first be cut to the outline, and a stout wire sewn with wire to the folded shaped edge. The prepared wire is then put in the top rail through the end, the gauze being passed through the cut in the tube; then spring in the tubular top rail, and proceed as described above. To paint, lay the gauze on a flat, clean table, and with a large stencil or other square-ended brush pounce the colour on sparingly, not with up and down strokes, which fill the meshes. The colour, which must be thin, is mixed with turps, driers, and boiled oil; two coats are required.

To dry, suspend the blind.